Eastern Catholic Daily Readings

Sat Mar 29, 2025: Hebrews 6:9-12; 1 Corinthians 15:47-57; Mark 7:31-37; John 5:24-30. All Souls Saturday; Our Venerable Father Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, the Deacon Cyril and others martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate. Day 27 of the Great Fast. 

Fri Mar 28, 2025: Isaiah 29:13-23; Presanctified - Genesis 12:1-7; Proverbs 14:15-26. Our Venerable Father Hilarion the New; The Holy Stephen the Wonderworker. Day 26 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients. 

Thu Mar 27, 2025: Isaiah 28:14-22; - Genesis 10:32-11:9; Proverbs 13:19-14:6. Our Holy Mother Matrona of Thessalonica. Day 25 of the Great Fast. 

Wed Mar 26, 2025: Isaiah 26:21-27:9: - Genesis 9:18-10:1; Proverbs 12:23-13:10. Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel. Day 24 of the Great Fast. Great Doxology. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients. Leave-taking of the Annunciation.

Tue Mar 25, 2025: Hebrews 2:11-18; Luke 1:24-38. The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary; Blessed Omelian Kovch, Priest. Feast of the Mother of God. Day 23 of the Great Fast.

Monday, March 24: Isaiah 14:24-32; - Genesis 8:21-9:7; Proverbs 11:19-12:6; Genesis 28:10-17; Ezekiel 43:27-44:4; Proverbs 9:1-11. Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God; Our Venerable Father Zachary; Our Holy Father Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia in Pisidia. Day 22 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Sunday, March 23: Hebrews 4:14-5:6; Mark 8:34-9:1. Third Sunday of the Great Fast: Veneration of the Holy Cross; ; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Nikon and his two hundred disciples martyred with him. Day 21 of the Great Fast.

Saturday, March 22: Hebrews 10:32-38; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Mark 2:14-17; John 5:24-30. All Souls Saturday; The Holy Hieromartyr Basil, Presbyter of Ancyra. Day 20 of the Great Fast. Passing into eternal life (1924) of Fr. Isidore Dolnytsky, hymnographer, professor and spiritual father of Lviv and the Greek College in Rome.

Friday, March 21: Isaiah 13:2-13; Presanctified - Genesis 8:4-21; Proverbs 10:31-11:12. Our Venerable Father and Confessor James, Bishop of Catania. Day 19 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Thursday, March 20: Isaiah 11:10-12:2; Vespers - Genesis 7:11-8:3; Proverbs 10:1-22.Our Venerable Fathers Martyred by the Saracens at the Monastery of St. Sabbas. Day 18 of the Great Fast.

Wednesday, March 19: Isaiah 10:12-20; Presanctified - Genesis 7:6-9; Proverbs 9:12-18.The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria. Day 17 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Tuesday, March 18: Isaiah 9:9-10:4; Vespers - Genesis 7:1-5; Proverbs 8:32-9:11. Our Holy Father Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem. Day 16 of the Great Fast.

Monday, March 17: Isaiah 8:13-9:7; Vespers - Genesis 6:9-22; Proverbs 8:1-21.Our Venerable Father Alexius, Man of God. Day 15 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients

Sunday, March 16: Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Mark 2:1-12.Second Sunday of the Great Fast: St. Gregory Palamas; Octoechos Tone 2; The Holy Martyrs Sabinus and Papas. Day 14 of the Great Fast.

Saturday, March 15: Hebrews 3:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Mark 1:35-44; John 5:24-30.All Souls Saturday; The Holy Martyr Agapius and the Six Martyrs with him. Day 13 of the Great Fast.

Friday, March 14: Isaiah 7:1-14; Presanctified - Genesis 5:32-6:8; Proverbs 6:20-7:1.Our Venerable Father Benedict of Nursia. Day 12 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Thursday, March 13: Isaiah 6:1-12; Vespers - Genesis 5:1-24; Proverbs 6:3-20.The Transfer of the Relics of Our Holy Father Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople. Day 11 of the Great Fast.

Wednesday, March 12: Isaiah 5:16-26; Presanctified - Genesis 4:16-26; Proverbs 5:15-6:3. Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theophanes of Sigriana; Our Holy Father Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome. Day 10 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Tuesday, March 11: Isaiah 5:7-16; Vespers - Genesis 4:8-15; Proverbs 5:1-15.Our Holy Father Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Day 9 of the Great Fast.

Monday, March 10: IIsaiah 4:2-5:6; Vespers - Genesis 3:21-4:7; Proverbs 3:34-4:22. The Holy Martyr Codratus and those with him: Cyprian, Nika, Halyna, and others. Day 8 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Sunday, March 9: Hebrews 11:24-26,32-40; 12:1-2; Hebrews 12:1-10; John 1:43-51; Matthew 20:1-16. First Sunday of the Great Fast: Sunday of Orthodoxy; Octoechos Tone 1; 🕂 The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. Polyeleos Feast. Day 7 of the Great Fast.

Saturday, March 8: Hebrews 1:1-12; 2 Timothy 2:1-10; Mark 2:23-3:5; John 15:17-16:2.: First Saturday of the Great Fast: Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theophilactus, Bishop of Nicomedia. Day 6 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.

Friday, March 7: Isaiah 3:1-14; Presanctified - Genesis 2:20-3:20; Proverbs 3:19-34. he Holy Hieromartyrs and Bishops of Cherson: Basil, Ephrem, Capiton, Eugene, Etherius and others; Blessed Hieromartyr Leonid Fedorov, Exarch of the Russian Catholic Church. Day 5 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients. According to liturgical prescriptions, the Divine Litu...

Thursday, March 6: Isaiah 2:11-21; Vespers - Genesis 2:4-19; Proverbs 3:1-19. The Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Ammorium. Day 4 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients. According to liturgical prescriptions, the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated today.

Wednesday, March 5: Isaiah 2:3-11; - Genesis 1:24-2:3; Proverbs 2:1-22. The Holy Martyr Conon. Day 3 of the Great Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients. According to liturgical prescriptions, the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated today. Presanctified Liturgy Today